EVERYTHING You NEED to Know: Upgrading The Mac Pro 5,1

thanks for this video super helpful, everything is going well except the icons in my menu bar are fishing and I've found no fix for it

Hello !
Please guide me.Because of work, I still have OS X 10.9.5 - and am using Card radeon 5770 1gb - I want to upgrade my card, which card should I choose to use OSX 10.9.5? Please help. ❤❤

I got real excited then realized I have a MacPro 2.26. I've had this for years. Slot 1 is a .5TB SSD for WIN OS and slot 2 a 1TB HD for WIN Storage. Slot 3&4 are the same respectively, but for the MAC OS. I never had that boot screen just pop up. I would plug in my Apple keyboard and hold option when I wanted to switch the boot drive for the other OS. years ago I put in an AMD Firepro 5100 and could never get to my Mac OS again. I thought perhaps it was because Apple didn't like AMD chips and that if I put an Nvidia powered GPU in there that then I could get to the MAC OS once again. Today I just switched to a Quadro Pro P2000. Got WIN10 back up, but holding down Option key during boot didnt bring me to the BIOS or boot screen or whatever it was I used to do all those years ago. Is it possible to use your methods on the 2.26? Should I just wipe the MAC drives and leave this pipe dream alone? I'd love to be able to have the machine stop at a boot screen everytime and then chose which OS I wanna use. The reason I primarily stick to WIN is because I've been WIN autocad user for years.

hi there, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 2012 and just installed a RX 580, isn't it possible to install Mojave directly, or using OpenCore app, without doing the risky part? I've seen another video which states you only need to use OpenCore and a separate empty drive to boot from, and you're good to go...?

Great editing on the video man. Loved it

How to upgrade to SSD for MacPro 2009? Can I take advantage to re-use SSD 128Gb from macbook Pro 2015? Thanks

I did this to my Mac Pro a few years ago.. but at the time i didnt know how to flash for generic GPUs.. this is great

Thanks for the content, will definitely have a look and attempt! Have to say all those iPod wallpapers keep confusing me!!

Great to the point video, well done.

Any chance that M.2 card works with BootCamp? Would love to have MacOS on one blade and Windows 10 on the other.

Had a dual xeon X5650 IBM i dumpster dived in 2021 and used it a bit in 2022, was too pain to use on my arch linux install.

it's really nice to see folks have found ways to keep these things up and running! 12 cores and 24 threads, even if on an older architecture, can still do a lot of good work

I was going to do this 2 years ago just when old video card prices went nuts. I think you just motivated me to try again.

Great video, but why did you blur out the serial?

t's really a shame Apple killed the Intel Mac Pro. Apple silicon is great and all but X86 still has its place. They coudl have kept both around and used being multi platform as an advantage for their own in house technology. Instead they force users into upgrading to lower power machines with less features. Like remember when you could just upgrade the ram?

Thanks for this info great video! I actually bought a bio chip to flash for my rx580

The only risk involved is due to the competence of the person doing the job. I have built many with no ‘risk’ factor.

Bro used every single transition available in Final Cut… Every. Single One. LOL!

why would someone go thru so much for an old ass computer? lol...

subbed! just got a '12 and im looking to max this machine out and keep it in my collection!

Useless piece of junk.

I have a mac pro that i believe its 5.1 that gaven to me. BUT, it does not have any GPU (heard that previous owner put gtx980ti and someone took that gpu and leave the macpro abandoned)

so no bootscreen but the machine indicator light just okay.
So, i don't know where to start since to find the native GPU (i think HD 5770) is impossible to find or super expensive.

I thought opencore was for hackintoshes

I am giving a sub. This video was clearly very well made, and so underrated

Would you pls make a video how is step by step to flash Rx580 for Bootscreen ? Because it is very complicated Thx !

..Then wait no longer! Throw your mac to the garbage and get yourself a workstation gradfe PC😆

I have one of the initial generation Mac Pro Towers which has had something bite the dust several years ago. I get very angry at Apple when I have to look at it sitting in the corner of my office thinking of the money I spent and now it is useless. I wish I could somehow sue Apple for how they have manipulated and ripped people off over the last couple decades 😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬

You need to use slots 1, 2 & 3 for a single CPU machine; 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7 for a dual. You show 2, 3 & 4. That will not get you the speed boost.

My main workhorse mac❤️

Really nice vid. Looks like you put a lot of effort in

I've tinkered with OpenCore and updated firmware - but I was unaware of the one that restores boot screens outside of OpenCore... Cool.

My 5,1 is my pseudo-retro cRPG CRT gaming rig. I had an RX580, I've used a WX5100, and I'm currently running a Titan Black just to be difficult.

Also, Linux. Since the SteamDeck launched, the whole compatibility layer is really impressive (it wasn't bad before, but I don't even have to use community builds anymore). The option of GPUs is also quite open, as long as you always remember that PCIe 2.0 limitation. Nonetheless I've seen guys running RX6800s in these with some tweaks, and the dual 5680/90 chips still push frames.

I have been putting up with the blank loading screen because, well, the CRT has to warm up anyways...

The 5,1 is the best computer Apple ever made... save maybe the SE/30...

Bro this was a great video!! I have Ventura working on my 4,1 flashed to 5,1 but never know about the firmware flash to get the boot screen. To confirm you are able to get the boot screen on the RX580 with this mod? I have the same card.